1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

December 2023 Europe U-16 1997 Belgium 11–20 July 1997 12 1 3 FR Yugoslavia 1 Macedonia Vlado Ilievski (24.9) 16 GRE (82.6) GEO 1990 Vladimir Boisa (13.3) 16 RUS (40.8) CRO Ivan Tomas (4.9) 16 ESP (16.3) Official website (archive) 1995 1999 The 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1997 European Championship for Cadets) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Pepinster, Kortrijk and Quaregnon, in Belgium, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the sixth time, the first since the breakup of Yugoslavia. Teams 16 BEL 16 CRO 16 FRY 16 FRA 16 GEO 1990 16 GRE 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 Macedonia 16 RUS 16 SLO 16 ESP Qualification 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-three national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Croatia (title holder), Spain (runner-up) and Belgium (host) in the final tournament. Preliminary round The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.     Team advanced to Quarterfinals     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 RUS5504033051016 ISR532301319816 FRA532364377816 FRY523391380716 Macedonia523352337716 BEL5052973905 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 GRE5504113631016 ESP541390352916 CRO523343365716 SLO523353329716 GEO 1990514348430616 ITA5143233296 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 BEL 67 16 GEO 1990 76 16 ITA 57 16 Macedonia 76 16 GEO 1990 46 16 Macedonia 44 16 BEL 50 16 ITA 88 Championship Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place 16 ESP 78 16 FRA 80 16 RUS 92 16 SLO 70 16 GRE 66 16 FRY 73 16 ISR 82 16 CRO 78 16 FRA 61 16 RUS 66 16 FRY 74 16 ISR 68 16 RUS 87 16 FRY 100 16 FRA 55 16 ISR 65 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 ESP 67 16 SLO 61 16 GRE 92 16 CRO 68 16 ESP 85 16 GRE 92 16 SLO 80 16 CRO 75 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg16 FRYImage:Silver medal icon.svg16 RUSImage:Bronze medal icon.svg16 ISR4th16 FRA5th16 GRE6th16 ESP7th16 SLO8th16 CRO9th16 GEO 199010th16 Macedonia11th16 ITA12th16 BEL bku 16 1997 European Championship for Cadets FRY Sixth Team roster Ivan Mičeta, Slobodan Tošić, Ivan Vukadinov, Mladen Šekularac, Andrija Crnogorac, Vladimir Tica, Marko Peković, Vladimir Rončević, Sreten Lakonić, Predrag Stojić, Miljan Pavković, and Petar Jovanović. Head coach: Veselin Matić. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1997 Category:1997–98 in European basketball Category:1997 in Belgian sport Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Belgium